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The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world.
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